Agile Specialist

Creative Circle; Chicago (IL); Remote; Full time

Job summary

A leading staffing and recruiting firm is seeking an Agile Specialist for a 1-year freelance assignment, offering a fully remote opportunity. The role involves facilitating Agile ceremonies, enhancing team performance, and collaborating with key business stakeholders to solve technical challenges. Candidates should possess strong communication skills, a Bachelor's degree, and over five years of experience in Agile environments.

Benefits

Minimum Essential Coverage medical plan

Dental/vision/term life package

401(k) plan

Paid holiday eligibility based on length of service

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience in an Agile environment with an understanding of Agile methodologies.
• Excellent organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate Agile ceremonies such as daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and retrospectives.
• Track project milestones, deliverables, and timelines to ensure projects stay on track.
• Coordinate communication between different teams, departments, and stakeholders.

Skills

Collaboration & communication

Problem-solving

Adaptability

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Technology, or related field

Tools

JIRA

Job description

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Base pay range

$73.00/hr - $77.00/hr

Our pharma client is seeking an Agile Specialist to join their team for a 1 year freelance assignment offering 40 hours a week. This is a remote role, Mon-Fri 8-3pm PST are core hours as the team sits in various time zones.

In order to be considered for the Agile Specialist role, you must have:

• Program Management and or Scrum Master experience
• Tech industry experience
• Experience in Agile environment
• Collaboration & communication skills
  
  

Summary: As the Agile Specialist, you will report to the Manager, Agile Practices as well as continuously collaborate with key stakeholders across the business to solve the most important technical problems.

You Will

• Facilitate Agile ceremonies such as daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
• Promote Agile best practices and educate team members to enhance team performance and productivity.
• Remove obstacles that may hinder the team's progress.
• Coordinate communication between different teams, departments, and stakeholders.
• Track project milestones, deliverables, and timelines to ensure projects and programs stay on track and meet delivery timelines.
• Collaborate with Product Owners to manage and prioritize the product backlog.
• Ensure engineers have necessary product requirements and UX designs to stay on track and meet deadlines.
• Support the JIRA management for teams they support and other tools as appropriate.
• Provide burndown charts, velocity tracking, and other agile metrics to inform the team and manager(s).
  
  

Required Experience & Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Technology, or related field.
• 5+ years experience in an Agile environment with an understanding of Agile methodologies such as Scrum or Kanban.
• Excellent organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams.
• Strong problem-solving skills and adaptability.
  
  

In this position, you may have access to client or customer systems, confidential and/or proprietary information or data, including medical data.

Benefits

Creative Circle's Freelance Employee benefits package includes eligibility for Minimum Essential Coverage (MEC) medical plan, dental/vision/term life package, discount prescription program, critical illness, accident, tele-behavioral health, and 401(k) plan. Sick leave is provided to Candidates whose assignment work location is in a state or city subject to sick leave laws. A Minimum Value (MV) PPO medical plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and paid holiday eligibility are based on length and dates of service.

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For Creative Circle to represent you for this opportunity, you must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need of employer sponsorship for a non-immigrant visa such as a H-1B, TN, or O visa. We do not support or provide training for STEM/OPT programs. Additionally, you must be physically located in and perform the work for our client in the United States.

This job was first posted by Creative Circle on 06/05/2025 and applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled or closed.

Creative Circle is an Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Creative Circle will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local law, including but not limited to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the California Fair Chance Act. If you need a reasonable accommodation in the application process, please contact your Recruiter (the person you'll be interviewing with) or a member of our Human Resources team to make arrangements. United Healthcare creates and publishes the Transparency in Coverage Machine-Readable Files on behalf of Creative Circle.

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• Industries

  Staffing and Recruiting

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